EU Commission sets Green Deal aside in new agri-food vision The EU executive has unveiled a new vision for Europe’s agri-food system by 2040, scaling back its previous, more environmentally ambitious policy in response to mounting farmer protests. #EuropeNews

The long-awaited unveiling of the EU Vision for Agriculture and Food turned out to be a funeral—for the Farm to Fork strategy. The Commission is still in denial, according to the stages of grief. But its demise is clear for all to see. I explain why in this story 👇
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

LEAK: A sneak peek at the EU's new blueprint for agrifood policy Tough on trade, but more lax on CAP – that’s a quick summary of the EU's new blueprint for agriculture and food, according to a leaked draft that ARC2020 got its hands on. So what’s on the menu for ag...

🚨 Got my hands on a leak of the Commission’s Vision on Agriculture & Food - want to know what’s on the menu?

Here I’ve laid it out for you on a plate, in my latest for @arc2020.bsky.social 👇

www.arc2020.eu/leak-a-sneak...

A 'closer coordination' you say, hmmmm

From the leak of the EU's vision on agriculture and food - more hints of a budgetary merge between cohesion and CAP

🚨 LEAK Commission's Vision for Agriculture & Food:

-Capping & degressivity of CAP payments
-Less conditions, more flexibility on CAP
-Generational renewal strategy
-'Level playing field' for trade (👇)
-Review animal welfare legislation & public procurement
-More emphasis on private investments

The EU is Mulling a Seismic Budgetary Shift – What Would This Mean for Agri and Rural Areas? The European Commission has been quietly weighing up options to radically overhaul its budget. This could see all of its 500+ biggest money pots merged into one mega money pot, divided out based on pl...

Quick 👀 of EU's new budget plans:

- Follows the CAP's footsteps (eg national plans)
- Merges money pots into one competitiveness fund
- Power concentration at EU & national levels
- Simplification & more flexibility

Quite in line w/ my @arc2020.bsky.social analysis www.arc2020.eu/the-eu-is-mu...

With this handy graphic to help visualise the year to come (to be updated as more info comes to light!)

The EU Agri-Food Playbook 2025 - What to expect, why it matters With both a newly elected European Parliament and a new European Commission, 2025 will be a definitive year in shaping the direction of agricultural policy. So what can we expect from 2025? And what d...

Wondering what fun the new year will bring for agrifood policy? Want some key dates for the diary? I’ve put together this EU policy look ahead for @arc2020.bsky.social - check it out here www.arc2020.eu/the-eu-agri-...

How factory farming took over America — and why it isn’t going away anytime soon Most people don’t like factory farms. We’re stuck with them anyway.

A Vox reader asked: Why is factory farming still around? Here's my quick ~1,000-word take: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Thanks!

And presumably even for those who say the answers includes less meat consumption, an entirely plant based food system would still need to be a super efficient industrial one to feed everyone right?

Now with video recording! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPFk...

⚠️Olivér Várhelyi's evaluation is over. Confirmed: The letter of European Parliament's coordinators asked to remove competencies on health preparedness and on sexual and reproductive health rights. No further tweaks, meaning that he will keep his food and animal welfare tasks

Animal or plant? EU countries at odds over protein strategy A renewed call by EU agriculture ministers to boost local protein production has sparked a divide over the direction of a forthcoming policy initiative.

Agriculture ministers meeting in Brussels this week disagreed over Europe's protein future after a position paper suggested that greater reliance on plant-based proteins could mitigate the environmental and climate impacts associated with food and feed production. Check the latest on @euronews.com